Thor Corp. v. Automatic Washer Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
August 2000
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
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Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1051 (§ 1 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act))
Most-quoted passages
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“order stricken from any pleading . . . any redundant, immaterial, impertinent, or scandalous matter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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